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Medicinal Spices for the Prevention and Treatment of Coronavirus Disease-2019
- Authors: Muhammad Akram1, Rabia Anum2, Walaa Fikry Elbossaty3, Chukwuebuka Egbuna4, Chinaza Godswill Awuchi5, Chukwuemelie Zedech Uche6, Kingsley C. Patrick-Iwuanyanwu7, Soumya Bhattacharya8, Mithun Rudrapal9
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan 2 SINA Health, Education and Welfare Trust, Karachi, Pakistan 3 Biochemistry Department, Damietta University, Damietta, Egypt 4 Africa Centre of Excellence in Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE PUTOR), Nutritional Biochemistry and Toxicology Unit, University of Port-Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria 5 Department of Biochemistry, Kampala International University, Kampala, Uganda 6 Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu, Nigeria 7 Africa Centre of Excellence in Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR), Nutritional Biochemistry and Toxicology Unit, University of Port-Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria 8 Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, 157/F Nilgunj Road, Panihati, Kolkata 700114, India 9 Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vignans Foundation for Science, Technology & Research, Guntur, India
- Source: Medicinal Plants, Phytomedicines and Traditional Herbal Remedies for Drug Discovery and Development against COVID-19 , pp 150-165
- Publication Date: November 2023
- Language: English
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By the end of 2019, and by the year 2020, the COVID virus had spread, and in March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID 2019 an epidemic that invaded many Arab and foreign countries and claimed many lives. Since ancient times, medicinal plants have played an important role in treating many epidemic diseases. A Cochrane study confirmed that herbal plants have an effective role in treating respiratory epidemics such as SARS. In China, the National Health Committee explained the role of herbal plants in the treatment of COVID-19 in addition to Western treatment. Studies have shown that nutrition has an effective role in treating the virus, as foods rich in vitamin C are used to treat respiratory viruses. Plant food such as fenugreek, curcumin, cinnamon, and black pepper that are rich in bioactive compounds can be of help in treating COVID.
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